Topic: The one Pepper I do NOT like!!

[tim]

Gypsy.

[sandersj89]

Tim

Can I ask why you dont like it, I grew it 2 years ago and had a great crop.

Jerry

[tim]

Oh, just its brown stage. And a bit small. But early, of course.

Otherwise, fine!!

............fruit matures in four stages, from dark green to light green, and chocolate stage, which is when the red pigments develop in the fruit turning it brown. Finally, the fruit turns red and begins to soften. These .........

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[Toadspawn]

Tim
I have grown a pepper named Gypsy for a number of years. It is very productive and the peppers are sweet enough to eat like apples.
However, are there a number of of varieties with the same name? The one I grow has pale green fruits early in the season which eventually turn red. I have never had a dark green stage or a brown stage.

[Rosyred]

I don't think i'll get any peppers as my plants are only a hand high and don't seem to grow.

[tim]

Toady - don't know.
Rosy - my sympathy - I'll send you some!!

[Hyacinth]

But you don't have to eat them at any particular stage, you know, and a lot to be said, I think, for eating them before they fully ripen if taste is preferred to heat.  Me, I'd be happy to eat yours as seen, Tim :)

Oops, thought you meant chilli peppers :-[

[tim]

Indeed, Lishka - we're eating our Gypsy as shown. And that hastens production. But I mostly like red - so one has to go through the grotty stage to get them.